Bottle-stopper



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WILLIAM MILES FOWLER, OF STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 563,469, dated July 7',1896.

Application nea November 20,1895. sentira. 569,485. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM MILES Fow- LER, of Stamford, in the county ofFairiield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Bottle-Stoppers, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in bottle-Stoppers in which astopper of some suitable elastic material, such as cork, is providedwith means for holding it in position within the mouth of the bottle.

My invention more particularlyconsists of a binding or holding wirehaving an engagement with the top of the stopper and having its ends orportions which extend along down the sides of the stopper between thestopper and the interior wall of the bottle provided withoutwardly-extending projections adapt-- ed to enter a recess or recessesin the wall of the bottle, so that pressure exerted upon the inner endof the stopper will tend to crowd the projections on the bindingwiremore closelyT within their recesses and hence hold the stopper moresecurely in position, while a pull on vthe binding-wire at the outer endof the stopper will readily remove the binding-wire and leave thestopper free to be drawn.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical section through theneck of a bottle, showing the stopper and its binding-wire and plate inposition therein. Fig. 2 is a similar View taken in a plane at rightangles to the plane in which Fig. 1 is taken. Fig. 3 is a view of oneform of the binding-wire in detail. Fig. 4 is a view in detail of thecap-plate, which may be employed on the outer end of the stopper beneaththe binding-wire. Fig. 5 is a section similar to that of Fig. 3, showingthe use of the bindingwire without the cap-plate. Fig. G represents amodified form of binding-wire, and Fig. 7 represents still another formof binding-wire.

The neck of the bottle is denoted by A, and is provided in the presentinstance with an internal recess @,extending completely around itsinterior wall. The particular shape of the neck is not material, and therecess may or may not extend the entire distance around the interior ofthe neck, as may be found most expedient, it being sufficient -the wireand the stopper.

for the purposes of my present invention that the recess be formedopposite the stopper at the points where the outwardly-extendingprojections on the binding-wire are formed.

The stopper is represented byB and is made to tightly it the interior ofthe neck of the bottle.

The binding-wire, in the form shown in detail in Fig. 3, is bentintermediate of its ends to extend across the top of the stopper anddown the oppositeV sides of the stopper, its extreme ends being turnedoutwardly to enter the recess a. That part of the binding-wire whichengages the top of the stopper is denoted by C, the portions whichextend along down the sides of the stopper by c-c', and theoutwardly-turned ends which enter the recess by c2 c3.

To form a bearing for the binding-wire and at the same time protect thetop of the stopper and furnish a convenient means for labeling thebottle, a cap-plate D, having a groove d to receive the wire, maybeinserted between The edges of the cap-plate D at the ends of the grooved are recessed, as shown at d', to receive the branches c c of thebinding-wire.

In the form shown in Fig. 5 the cap-plate is omitted and the part C ofthe binding-wire bears directly against the top of the stopper.`

The binding-wire may have three or more depending branches, instead oftwo. In Fig. 6 the wire CV is shown with three depending branches, andin Fig. 7 the wire C2 is shown provided with four depending branches.

In use the binding-wire is inserted in the neck of the bottle, togetherwith the stopper, until its projections 'c2 c3 en ter the recess a. Whenin position any pressure on the inner end of the stopper will tend tocompress the stopper lengthwise, thereby forcing the pro,- jections c2c3 more tightly against the wall of the recess a and preventing theescape of the stopper.

When it is desired to remove the stopper, a pull on the part C of thebinding-wire will readily withdraw it from the stopper and the lattermay then be removed.

What I claim isl. The combination with astopper, of a fas- .tenerengaged with the top of the stopper and IOO provided with branchesextending along down Jche sides of the stopper, the said branches beiing provided with outwardly-extending pro' jections at the sides of thestopper for engaging a, recess in the inner Wall of the receptaole inwhich the stopper is employed, substantially as set forth. p

2. The Combination with a stopper, of a eappLLte on the outer end of thestopper, a fas- Io tener extending across the cap-plate and providedwith branches extending down the sides of the stopper, the said branchesbeing provided Wit-11 outwardIy-turned projections at the side of thestopper for engaging the inner Wall of the receptacle in which thestopper is 15 employed, substantially as s'et forth.

i WILLIAM MILES FOWLER. Vitnesses:

IRENE B. DECKER, FREDK. IIAYNES.

